A customer complained about the price of her food in a two-star review on Facebook - and the restaurant's response was brilliant.

The Oxton Bar and Kitchen on Wirral hit back at the customer who moaned about the £8 price tag, of a small fish and chips, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Debbie Davies, who posted the review on the restaurant’s public Facebook page, wrote: “Lovely food and staff are amazing but I cannot see how you justify your prices, small fish and chips £8-plus, and it was small?’

But the restaurant said it believed it could fully justify its pricing strategy.

And in its response to Debbie, gave an itemised breakdown of exactly how much the restaurant actually got in profit from her £8 payment.

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Their reply read: “Ok Debbie. Where do I begin?

“Out of that £8, our nasty government is charging you 20% vat which we collect by law on their behalf, so we’re left with £6.66.

“Out of this, we need to buy the fresh ingredients; 1 haddock fillet, get a chef to make everything from scratch; a delicious beer batter, homemade tartar sauce, mushy peas and chunky chips (the whole cost of ingredients for this plate comes to roughly £2.70)

“This leaves us with £3.94 for which alas our pesky chef expects remuneration!!

“Then we realised the ‘lovely’ food doesn’t float to you, so we have to pay ‘amazing’ staff to serve you and clear up after you?!

“Pay utility bills (we need gas to cook, you need lights to see the food) and don’t get me started on business rates.

“So if £3.94 is not justifiable for creating and affording this whole experience with us, you’re welcome to recreate it in the comfort of your own home.

“I doubt it’ll be long before the government find a tax for that too.”